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Recovery |HHH|H|H Locals program att eiufrth Carolina jf&bnw q <f. graduates I -See Page A2 I ?????I pre Chronicle Volume39,Number 11 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 8, 2012 ???? I ? ? 1 -'- ^ WPBMCFteo A leaf honoring the life of Lori Ann Hawks on the Tree of Life. Hospital's tree fetes organ donors BYLAYLAGARMS THE CHRONICLE This has been a devastating year for Rockwell resident Carol Cook. She buried her husband of 25 years and her 19-year-old son, Morton Michael Cook II, three months apart. Her husband, Morton Michael Cook, succumbed to a massive heart attack and died in her arms in February. Morton II, whom Mrs. Cook describes as "lovable, handsome and intel ligent," was VilUH u<K?r. AiUVU TTUVU be was thrown from the bed of a friend's pickup truck. "He loved hang ing out with his friends, being with his family and riding his horse," his mother recalled. "He was just learning to ride his father's motorcycle ... and he was getting ready to go back to school. He was going to start law school ." Morton II was among die 26 organ donors whose memories were honored Oct. 30 on the Tree of Life in the Davis Memorial Chape] at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Cento-. Bach year, organ donors' names are engraved on metal leaves that are placed upon die Tree of Life as a stat uesque reminder of die sacrifices organ donor families make. "The ceremony today is a celebration of the gifts of organ and tissue donation, in recognition of life saving donations given by so many in the face of tragedy," said Dr. Robert Stratta, director of die Abdominal Organ Transplant Program at the medical center. "...Organ donation is about the resilience of the human spirit, about hav ing something good come out of some thing terrible... We must constantly remember that the need is great, the choice is painstaking, and the reward is price less." The ever-expanding number of names that appear on die tree each year is bitter sweet. See live on A9 Ethan Pressman Four More Years UF!/K?*i? Dkack The First Family - (from left) First Lady Michelle Obama, First Daughter Sasha, President Barack Obama and First Daughter Malia - wave to a crowd of thousands at Chicago's McCormick Place in the wee hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7, just before the President delivered his second election victory speech. Read about local election results on page A3. Atkins courts named for local tennis legend BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE When James Ewers con vinced his father to get him tennis balls and a racket so he could^fMMIte at the courts at the old Skyland Elementary -Schqol, he never imagined that he'd someday break tennis records, win championships, meet celebri ties and, as of last week, have tennis courts named in his honor. To see this now resulting in tennis courts being named in my honor is just unreal," Ewers said Friday after the dedication ceremony for the "Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. Tennis Courts" at Atkins Academic & Technology High School on Old Greensboro Road. Ewers is an alumnus of the original Atkins High on Cameron Drive. He was a tennis champion there and earned a four-year tennis scholarship tp Johnson C. Smith University, where he holds the school record of 34 consecutive singles victories. Ewers said he first picked up a racket to break from the norm. "I didn't see a lot of peo ple in my neighborhood play ing tennis," he said. "Everybody in my neighbor hood played football and bas ketball. 1 just wanted to try something different, do something different." Over the course of his three-decade tennis career, he has won local, state and national titles and rubbed shoulders with celebrities like Bill Cosby, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe and Muhammed Ali. "I never asked the Lord to let me win," he said. "I asked Him to let me do my best." The 64-year-old still plays tennis for fun, but much of his time is devoted to his other passion: education. The former public school teacher is now the vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Edward SeeEwenoo AS 1 ' tolMiUck James Ewers stands in front of the tennis courts that are now named for him. MnMlMBMfifllL&mJg MM1F? Salem students collect for food bank on Halloween BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE A group of Salem College stu dents put a new spin on a time honored Halloween tradition last week. About 15 members of the col lege's Rotaract Gub donned col orful costumes and dispersed to three neighborhoods on the evening of Halloween to "trick or-treat" for canned goods and nonperishable food items to donate to Second Harvest Food Bank. "I am looking forward to it. It seems like a really interesting idea, a unique way to get nonper , See IWttl on A12 FkoB kjr Lqrh Oraa Rotaract mem bers (from left): Me gen Taylor. Barbara Sostaita, Meredith Barnes, Shannon Salzman and Helen Fowowt pose for a photo before heading out to trick-or-treat. m m m | p 8 f I o i ^ i 1 km Eureka House living up to its name rtnmbyUyk On Josue Cruz ? poses out- I side the I Eureka I House. BY LAYLA GARMS THPCHKQWOB ? Ten years ago, Josue Cruz was a different person. "I've had a whole lot of personal growth," said Cruz, one of the newest members of the Men's Choir at St. Paul United Methodist Church. "My family can tell you (that) I'm a whole different person than I was 10 years ago. It's just been a bless ing because 10 years ago, you wouldn't catch me 10 feet from the front stage of the choir." Cruz, 33, says the metamorphosis began when he was SceEmkaoa AT ^fin 'ifHTfUiiflftt -. iHMM Harold Smith
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